Use of nuclear techniques in the study of the behaviour of rare earth elements on the use of phosphogypsum in Cerrado agriculture

Autor:	Vanusa Maria Feliciano Jacomino, Maria Ângela de Barros Correia Menezes, Eduardo von Sperling, Kerley Alberto Pereira de Oliveira, Walter De Brito
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Radionuclide Gypsum Natural resource economics Phosphogypsum engineering.material Soil type Soil conditioner chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Environmental chemistry Soil water engineering Environmental science Neutron activation analysis Phosphoric acid
Zdroj:	International Journal of Nuclear Governance, Economy and Ecology. 3:274
ISSN:	1742-4194 1742-4186
DOI:	10.1504/ijngee.2011.042214
Popis:	Phosphogypsum (PG) is a by-product of phosphoric acid industry. In Brazil, this material has been used as a conditioner for soils with high levels of aluminium. Taking into account the presence of radionuclides and Rare Earth Elements (REEs) in this material, a research project has been conducted in order to investigate the impact of using PG in crops cultivated in Cerrado soils. For this purpose a set of greenhouse experiments has been conducted in two types of soil to determine the transfer factor of REEs from soil to crops. This paper reports results of mineralogical phases and REEs concentration in PG samples. The REE most present in PG samples was Ce (1730 ppm) followed by La (973 ppm) and Nd (791 ppm). Sm (85 ppm), Eu (29 ppm), Tb (8 ppm) and Yb (5 ppm) appear in smaller proportions. The main crystalline compound found in PG samples was gypsum (CaSO4.2H2O).
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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